National Republican., 1887-03-11
SPIRIT OF TIE PRESS.
Opinions of the Leading Papers on
Matters of General Interest.

WattBrs eeHeral interest.
Philadelphia Times: Togerrymander Ran
dall's district out OF existence is not by any
means the same thing as gerrymandering
Randall out Of Congress.
The Chicago Times attributes Mr.. Cleve.
lands failure to remove Mr.. Garland to an
opinion from the Department of Justice to
the effect that his removal would be uncon-
stitutionai.
New York Evening Post: The Independent
voters of the country gave Mr.. Cleveland
the presidency: They have reason to ba
satisfied with what he has done since he Gu.
tered the white house.
Philadelphia Gail: President Cleveland
should awake. The country Is without
Secretary Of the Treasury and the inter-
state commerce commission has not yet
been appointed. The latter especially
should be looked to at once.
New York World, The anarchists OF
Chicago seem determined to have their con-
demned friends hanged II possible; for the
persistent turbulence with which they avow
their hostility to law, government, and 50.
ciety must have some effect in preventing
pardon or clemsncy.
Cincinnati Enquirer It is not altogether
clear that Newfoundland can whip Great
Britain, but II she wants help she is very
lktly 10 pcU IL. litI UlPnOrlfl 10 Tue
crown bears q very striking resemblance To
| one issued by certain thirteen colonies
something more than century ami a
| decade ago.
Hartford Post: Senator Hearst, the an
| tique money bags from California, says he
| believes IL "is only matter of time when
| the Democratic party will be the American
| party In spirit.S II will have to make n
terrible struggle to free itself from its record
Of un-Americanism before that day shall be
| reached.
Cleveland Leader. Canada expects a
| rush OF immigration next montl. IL iJ
| comes 1t will strike the United States about
| autumn and never recrnss the border Tho
dominion draws In settlers only to lose
them TO the Upited States. OF course some
stay, but ihey are mostly those who are too
| stupid TO know when they are well off, or
too poor to travel further.
Utica Herald. There are indications that
the Hin boom has come to stay. 1t is
| given permanency In form that can be
| preserved, whatever its convention effect
may he. In short, 1t has been stereotyped,
and we are told that the plates can bG se
cured for the asking BY any Democratic
newspaper IN the land. Even asking is not
| necessary, except in the case of Journals
holn since the latest newspaper directory
was printed.
New York Tribune: The use OF a con-
servatlvc upper h0use, whose committees
are composed Of men skilled in the public
service, was made clearly apparent during
the last few days Of Congress, II is, of
| course, greatly to be regretted that im.
pori9nt laws should ever be the result OF
the legislative judgment Of few men, no
matter how honest or skillful. But since
such work must be done, It is well to have
1t In skilled hands, backed by conservative
minds.
st. Louis Globe Democrat The late Wm.
| NJ. Tweed prudently declined Il statue
| which his admiring mlnlons protferei him
when In the height of his power, declaring
no such honor should be extended to 4
man until after he was dead. Another
! eminent statesman had an opportunity, a
| few years ago, when county in lis state
was aGout 10 be named after him, to display
similar forcthougbt. And that man regrets
to-day that he didn't display II. His naml
is John T. st. John.
New York World; We can pity the peo-
pie OF Europe who ore crushed down aal
impoverished by the enormous cost OF war
preparations supposed to be necessary TO
protect the lives OF the nations. Yet we
have found our own statesmen really to
pursue policy which would compel the
people Of this favored country to bear the
| IeaNN IuIutu Ol NhV taxes IN tltnG OF peace
for fifty years to come. Aud we have seen
a congress pledged to reduce taxation and
abolish the surplus adjourn With taxation
as buIdensome as ever and the surplus in
condition to swell TO larger and larger pro.
portions.
Boston Herald The Salisbury ministry
is likely to introduce its Irish crimes bill
just Gs econ rs II can, by the new pro-
cCduIe act, stins liberal aud national oppo
elton aud obstruction. OF course, the
introduction OF such hill is tantamount Ia
a confession that Mr.. Gladstone was right
In his arguments last year, that as II was
impossible for England TO govern Ireland
except Ny force, aud that as the use OF force
was ia opposition TO constitutional control
therefore it was necessary that some Other
means OF government shOuld be de-
vised, and home rule seemed to be the only
alternative offered. The conservatives al
that time denied the force of this argument
holding that ireland could be governed by
ordinary methods,ii properly applied, but